Dave and I capitalized on the end of the classes coinciding with unexpected amounts of early-December snow this weekend by taking a day trip to Cascade Mountain for some skiing. We had a pretty awesome time; it was great to get to spend some time just having fun without projects, long-term assignments, or anything but a couple measly finals \ud83d\ude09 hanging over my head…<\/p>\n

Cascade surprised me by how nice it was. I definitely did not expect to find that in southern Wisconsin, but I would definitely put it on par with Granite Peak in Wausau. Now, granted, it was a bit more expensive than places in northern WI and the UP that are significantly<\/em> bigger, but I think that is probably due to its location: we met people from Illinois who could drive up for the day, but could probably not make it to the UP quite so accessibly \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I don’t think I made it skiing at all last winter, so I was a little rusty, but it went pretty good for the most part. During the chairlift rides I was trying to find an example to teach Dave the meaning of yard sale<\/em>, but wasn’t finding anything to my liking. So, I did what any responsible teacher would, and provided a live demonstration \ud83d\ude42 I took a little jump near a chairlift post, and wound up with lots of cheering from the chair lift, and a perfect demo of the spirit of a yard sale, looking a little something like this:<\/p>\n

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\nPhoto from: familyskitrips.com<\/a>, and does not actually contain me, because I was an idiot and forgot my cellphone in the morning… Sorry<\/em><\/p>\n

A very good time, all in all, and they even had Starbucks in their lodge!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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